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The Fine Art Of French Decorating: Pocket The Fashion Of Julia Child's Kitchen

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Back inwards November, Julia Child's onetime French cottage, known affectionately every bit "La Pitchoune," or "the niggling one," hitting the marketplace for the starting fourth dimension time, listed at or then $880,000. The famous chef's stucco getaway was built on the grounds of Simone Beck, co-author of  The Art of French Cooking.  Child as well as her married adult man Paul visited the 1,614-square-foot habitation every yr from the fourth dimension it was built into the 1990s, amongst the understanding that ownership would render to Simone as well as her married adult man 1 time they were through amongst it. That happened inwards 1992, afterward Simone died.   The kitchen of La Pitchoune was modeled afterward the 1 inwards the Childs' Cambridge, Massachusetts, habitation (which y'all tin come across on display at the Smithsonian), consummate amongst extra-tall counters — Julia was 6-foot-2 — and pegboard inwards lieu of upper cabinets, pre

8 Waco Homes That Fixer Upper Should Totally Cause Got On

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Already renovated? Yes. But this dwelling nevertheless needs Joanna's signature touches. Nearly a decade ago, my hubby lived in addition to worked inward Waco, Texas, for iv months. He uses i discussion to depict the tiny town: flat. And he way it inward every sense of the word: apartment landscape, dull nightlife, in addition to unimpressive homes. But Chip in addition to Joanna Gaines, the hosts of HGTV's  Fixer Upper , stimulate got breathed novel life into the identify previously put on the map past times tragedy , transforming drab (and oftentimes dangerously decrepit) homes into full showplaces.  I stimulate got a habit of perusing existent estate listings inward cities nosotros stimulate got a 2% peril of living, in addition to since my husband's companionship has a Waco division, the Texas town has been added to my Zillow browsing routine. My favorite game: If Frank in addition to I were moving there, in addition to I could wrangle the Gaines' pattern s